Sorted by date Results 26 - 41 of 41
The Nelson city clerk has been named the 2024 Outstanding Clerk of the Year award winner by the Nebraska Municipal Clerks Association. Sandra Schendt was honored in the Second Class City category at the association's annual banquet held Thursday in Columbus. Clerk awards were also given for first-class cities and villages. Nelson's Mayor Arlan Drudik and members of the Nelson city council along with their spouses and Sandra's husband, Ron, also attended. They were able to keep their attendance...
On Feb. 20, members of the Nelson Community Club went before the Nelson City Council during a special meeting to propose a half-a-cent sales tax increase, over a period of ten years, to fund an economic development plan. The group has been working with Kelly Gewicke of Nebraska Economic Development. She suggested the community should pursue the LB840 or Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act. LB840 authorizes incorporated cities and villages, when approved by local voters, to collect and appropriate local tax dollars for use in...
Monday’s storm has been blamed by the South Central Public Power District at Nelson for a large scale power outage that left many homes without electric service. Power was restored to all of the district’s residential customers by 2:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. Our e-edition has a link to a video posted by the district showing the problem caused by Monday’s weather. https://www.facebook.com/Superiornewspaper/posts/1155433825427675?notif_id=1711466331304486¬if_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif...
Willard Dale Atwill, Stockton, Kansas, died on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at the Solomon Valley Manor in Stockton, at the age of 91. He was born on April 6, 1932, the youngest of 11 children, to Arthur James and Nellie May (Carpenter) Atwill in Lebanon, Kansas. He married Jean Silsby on July 30, 1951. They were blessed with eight children, two boys and six girls: Arthur, Susan, Terry, Nancy, Tammy, Gail, Lori and Richard. They enjoyed many wonderful years before Jean's death in 2000. Willard...
Rebecca J. Avello, 36, of Grantville, Pennsylvania, formerly of rural Glenvil, Nebraska, and St. Louis, Missouri, died on March 16, 2024, in the Hershey Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born April 14, 1987, in Hastings, Nebraska, the daughter of Jon Dumler and Sandra (Willis) Nejezchleb. Rebecca had worked for the Hershey Company for many years, eventually moving to the area to be closer to the Hershey corporate headquarters. She was also involved with both the Project Fellowship...
Lloyd L. Hanson, 84, of Rossville, Kansas, died Saturday, March 16, 2024. He was born the son of Harry C. and Ruth F. (Dunstan) Hanson on April 18, 1939, in Mankato, Kansas. He attended school in Mankato and graduated in 1957. Lloyd married his high school sweetheart, Mary B. Stone, on May 26, 1957, in Mankato. Together, they celebrated 66 years of marriage. During their time in Mankato, Lloyd and Mary attended Burr Oak Church of the Nazarene in Burr Oak, Kansas, until recently becoming members...
Victoria Anne (McCormick) Clairmont, the daughter of Norman and LaVieve (Bethscheider) McCormick, was born on June 30, 1948, in Oakland, California. She died Sunday, March 17, 2024, in Superior, Nebraska, at the age of 75, she was surrounded by the love of her family. Vici had the opportunity to live in many different states, California, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Missouri and Arkansas. Her favorite was the beautiful Ozarks. From the first time she traveled to Branson, Missouri, she fell in...
Carol Darlene Hancock was born in Beloit, Kansas, on July 11, 1948, to Ivan and Eunice Hughes. She grew up in Burr Oak, Kansas, and attended high school there. Soon after high school she married Jerry Hancock and they moved to Hastings. They were married 57 years and had three children. They lived together in the same house since 1971. She babysat neighborhood children in their home, then later worked at the Half Price Store (later named Gordman's) for 27 years. Then she worked several more...
Pauline Lucile Gunn, age 100, of Shingle Springs, California, died on March 16, 2024. She was born on Feb. 16, 1924, in Republic, Kansas, to Simon and Bertha Van Nortwick. She married her Republic High School sweetheart, Merrill L. Gunn in 1943. Merrill and Pauline farmed in the Republic area for eight years before moving to California where they made their home first in Camarillo and then in Placerville. Pauline was preceded in death by her husband and her daughter, Peggy Boedecker. She is...
Marion Ilene Sather, 98, was preceded in death by husband, Marvin, and son, Larry. She is survived by Clifford and Gary (Barb). She was born on a farm near Big Lake, Minnesota, on March 26, 1925, the youngest child of Alfred and Ida (Arneson) Jacobson. Marion was baptized, confirmed and married in the Lutheran Church of River Falls, Wisconsin. On Aug. 3, 1947, she married Marvin Sather. To this union three sons were born: Gary, Clifford and Larry. Marion had nine grandchildren and 17 great-grand...
If it's cold one day . . . warm the next day . . . and maybe snow the next day . . . its spring in Nebraska and for high schools across the state, it indicates the spring sports can begin. For the L-N Raiders that meant a 'warm-up' event at Doane College and then the first outdoor meet of the season at Deshler. The boys' team is made up of underclassmen with some gaining athletic experience in other sports. The girls have three seniors that will contribute greatly to their efforts this spring....
The green, green grass of spring is slowly growing high enough that the old, brown grass of last autumn is being covered. Traveling the country side a person can see players on golf courses around central Nebraska. Yes Sir . . . the Golf Season is here for Nebraska High Schools. As such, L-N High School got the season started last week with participation in the Superior Quad Golf Meet. The four teams included: Superior, L-N, Red Cloud and BDS. The first thing to notice was that the event took place sooner than planned on the school calendar,...
The Superior High School boys and girls track and field teams opened their outdoor track season at the Sutton Invitational at Sutton High School last Tuesday. The girls team finished in seventh place, with 37 points, in the 11 team field of Shelby-Rising City, Osceola, Hastings St. Cecilia, Doniphan-Trumbull, Shelton, Heartland, Centura, Sandy Creek, Gibbon and Sutton. The boys team earned no team points for the meet. The Wildcats competed at the Falcon Track Invitational hosted by Wilcox-Hildreth High School Friday. The girls team finished in...
The Superior High School boys golf team hosted a quadrangular match at the Superior Country Club Thursday. The match was moved from Tuesday, March 26, because of the impending threat of inclement weather. Teams from Bruning-Davenport-Shickley, Lawrence-Nelson and Red Cloud competed in the par 36, 9-hole match. Lawrence-Nelson posted the low team score of 165. Red Cloud was in at 173, Superior listed a team score of 184 while B-D-S was in with a score of 192. Colten Butler led Superior with his round of 37 which tied for first place in the indiv...
The 2024 sesaon opening meet for the Rock Hills High School boys and girls track and field teams is at the Bennington Invitational at Bennington, Friday. The team will travel to Beloit, Tuesday, for the St. John’s Invitational. Shannon Meier, head coach for the team, is assisted by Terry Griffith and Terry Bailey. Meier is optimistic about the team’s fortunes this season. The coach notes that the majority of the team is comprised of athletes who competed last season. The team rosters include members who qualified for the state meet last sea...
The Rock Hills High School golf team will open their 2024 season, Tuesday, at the Smith Center Invitational hosted by Smith Center High School to be played over the Smith Center Municipal Golf Course. The team features a core of experienced players including two who competed at the state tournament. In addition to the experienced players, there are five new faces who are being looked at to add depth. Members of the team are Matthew Rice, Jevan Herfel, Ethan Wirth, Whitley Frost, Nelson Underwood, Kiplee Kussman, Ty Vance, Cruz Navarro, Noah...
